Legends Of Kingdom Rush Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · August 17, 2022

Our Legends Of Kingdom Rush Review has us in a world where the Kingdom and the rest of the known world are now under the control of the dreadful Dark Army. However, a new threat bigger than the Dark Lord himself unites the heroes of the realm pushing the notions of good and evil aside. Fight on a turn-based grid moving around the combat area. Switch and match your heroes and companions until you find your ideal team for each battle!

Legends Of Kingdom Rush Review Pros:

Cartoon graphics.
736.87MB download size.
Steam achievements.
Steam trading cards support.
Own in-game achievements.
Graphic settings – resolution, v-sync, fullscreen, and fps cap.
Steam cloud support.
3 save slots.
Two difficulties – casual and normal.
Strategy gameplay.
Comic book-style cutscenes.
Decent loading times.
Opening and ongoing tutorials.
Arcade game presentation.
World map level select.
Can replay levels.
Mini-game style encounters with dice rolls and multiple choice interactions.
Recruit and rescue party members.
The game is played out on a hexagonal Battlefield.
Brilliant cartoon-like animations.
Full of style.
Turn-based combat.
Simple to learn.
All played with the mouse.
The Ui is clear and easy to read.
Each character will have at least one special ability.
Click a character and you can see how far they can move and which enemies they can hit.
Can end your turn when you want.
Earn orbs and use them to level up your character.
Gold can be earned and used to buy items from the shops as you encounter them.
18 characters to find.
Full team management.
End of area breakdown of performance and rewards.
Each area (adventure) has you starting at level 1 and they can level up through it but it will always reset the next area.
It is possible for characters to gain permanent rank levels and unlocks.
Random encounters can happen as you go around an area.
Environmental elements like plants attack whoever gets close.
Daily challenges with online leaderboards.

Legends Of Kingdom Rush Review Cons:

Minimal graphics settings.
No controller support.
Not straightforward on how to have just one character end his/her turn.
Slow-paced.
The map is not clear at all.
Takes ages to get going.
You double-click for some actions but for others, you have to click on a part and then a different icon.
The tutorial pop-ups are very brief.
You don’t get told a lot about the areas and what the flags on each encounter mean, when you choose your own path in the game this doesn’t help.
Does look like a mobile game.
Most combat encounters end up as ranged battles and get kind of boring.

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